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Rhinog Fach to Y Lethr — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

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Rhinog Fach to Y Lethr — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

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Rhinog Fach to Y Lethr — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

07:41

17.9km

1,460m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 9, 2024

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 6.18 km for 1,000 m

After 7.66 km for 428 m

After 8.53 km for 311 m

After 9.78 km for 311 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.09 km

Rhinog Fawr Summit Cairn

Highlight • Natural Monument

This is the rough part of Snowdonia. Not ‘trolleys in the canal’ rough, but a craggy, vegetated, wild kind of rugged. Stick to the paths, such as the Roman Steps …

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6.01 km

Bwlch Drws Ardudwy

Highlight • Trail

The pass between the breathlessly rugged Rhinogs Fach and Fawr is notorious. Many who have explored this way have been taken aback by a rough hewn landscape of concealed boulders …

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7.54 km

North Wales’ Rhinog mountains are the antidote to Snowdonia’s tourist-crowded honeypots. Wild, rough, and occasionally challenging underfoot, the rewards for putting in the effort come in the form of rugged …

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9.15 km

Y Llethr

Highlight • Viewpoint

I had a stunning day for a looped walk of the Llethr and Diffwys here. It is a beautiful ridge line with great views. Started and finished from Talybont.

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10.2 km

Llyn Hywel

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This is a gorgeous lake beneath the broken, craggy slopes of Rhinog Fach and Y Llethr. It's nestled right in the heart of the ancient Rhinogydd range and is a …

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11.8 km

Llyn Hywel

Highlight • Viewpoint

beautiful lake

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16.0 km

The Roman Steps

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Actually more likely to be of medieval origin as a Packhorse trail, but well worth a visit - and read about the legends at:
mysteriousbritain.co.uk/ancient-sites/roman-steps

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17.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.4 km

2.83 km

2.18 km

1.07 km

211 m

121 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.18 km

4.20 km

3.05 km

1.00 km

455 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 19 July

23°C

7°C

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Comments

October 7, 2023,The Rhinogydd

The Rhinogydd. Yes, very good. But possibly overrated.

Spent Saturday exploring Eryri’s Rinogydd range, taking in the summits of Rhinog Fawr and Rhinog Fach. North Wales’ oldest mountains, the rock these ancient peaks are made from is around 500 million years old. They’ve seen a range of Himalayan immensity rise and fall here in that time. Remarkable.

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Rhinog Fach to Y Lethr — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

Rhinog Fawr Summit Cairn

Bwlch Drws Ardudwy

Rhinog Fach Summit

Y Llethr

Llyn Hywel

Llyn Hywel

The Roman Steps

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